HumbleAg04 said:
fightingfarmer09 said:
Local ISD is now requiring teachers to spend 3 days a week doing mandatory in person lessons for virtual students because grades are so bad. They are on a shortened schedule, so it now means their planning and prep time is now used to teach special section of the same material, but for online students that are being required to come in-person after "school" is over.
Just read this out loud to my SLP wife who has been back in person since 2nd week of August and is OVER catering to online leaners. She had some choice words and was immediately enraged. Feel bad for the staff at your local ISD.
We got an update today:
My wife teaches. Thankfully there is tremendous pushback on this designed plan and they have promised a new proposal by next week.
Our new superintendent is from the Midwest originally, and refuses to remove the online learning option. I think over 70% of those students are failing. And a significant number of those students have averages <20%.
The HS admin is pushing for a return to a full day schedule with a portion of the day will be dedicated to remediation, which will basically reboot the year for those kids that have accomplished NOTHING all year.
They have been told that grades need to be "massaged" to ensure buy-in and give the potential for these kids to get course credit through remediation.